The Dynamics of Property Rights in Post-Communist East Germany

In many respects the transformation process in East Germany proved to be less independent from foreign influences than in other so-called transformation states such as Poland or the Czech Republic. the reunification with West Germany and the adoption of the West German social, economic and legal systems predetermined the process and set the pace for a restructuring process which was interestingly partly orientated towards the future and partly towards the past (Wollmann & Eisen 1995; Reißig 1996; Wiesenthal 1996).